ConCourt grants UDM access over parly secret ballot vote
Mbete has asserted that there are no rules that permit the vote of no confidence in the president through a secret ballot.
Constitutional Court justices. Picture: Tracy Lee Stark
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) has been granted access to the Constitutional Court over their call for a secret ballot to be used in a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.
News24 reports that the motion, which was brought by opposition parties in the wake of Zuma’s shocking Cabinet reshuffle, might be postponed as the parties who oppose the UDM’s legal action have until 12am on Thursday to respond, and the UDM has to file a reply by 4pm on Wednesday, April 19.
The UDM’s application follows National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete’s assertion that there was no parliamentary rules that permit the vote of no confidence in the president through a secret ballot.
The motion of no confidence date is set to take place in the National Assembly on Tuesday, April 18.
This is a developing story.
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